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List: kde-core-devel
Subject: Re: using gettext for .desktop translations
From: Oswald Buddenhagen <ossi () kde ! org>
Date: 2009-12-12 10:20:48
Message-ID: 20091212102048.GB29714 () ugly ! local
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On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 04:08:19AM +0100, Chusslove Illich wrote:
> So, since dynamic translation would be defined in Gettext terms (unique
> catalog name, semantic of contexts), and given the lookup information
> needed, I'd propose the folowing field and value format:
>
> GettextBinding=<basedir>:<domainname>
>
> The problem is that this means that .desktop files must be modified at
> install time, to insert the configured base directory. To me this looks on
> the verge of being a showstopper, but I'm not much into build systems.
> Hope someone has a better idea here :)
>
i don't think the problem is any different, from, say, icons. or the
desktop files themselves. so, either install the .mo files into a common
directory, or add the path to the usual xdg path.
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